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Old 25-12-2019, 10:35 PM   #1
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Question The last Australian made police car

As time progresses I notice an increasing number of non Falcon and Commodore police cars. I don't know how often these vehicles are renewed but suspect that the Falcon and Commodore based police vehicles will soon all be gone. The last one should be put in a museum when the time comes to retire it from the force.
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Even if it was say an unmarked Commodore ute or similar from Tassie Police?

And where would you reckon this museum should be?

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Even if it was say an unmarked Commodore ute or similar from Tassie Police?

And where would you reckon this museum should be?
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Police Museum in Adelaide?
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That must be getting close now .. It's two years already since the last Commodore was built . I think it's 50 or 60 thousand clicks isn't it or thereabouts ..

I believe there are some old classic cop cars that are well cared for and looked after now going by another AFF thread that still sees action .
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Old 26-12-2019, 08:43 AM   #5
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2021 will probably see the final one retired and it'll be interesting to see from which State or Territory
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The last one would have to be from Tas, you don't do many Klms driving round in little circles.
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http://silverton.org.au/mad-max-museum/

Maybe this.
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The last one would have to be from Tas, you don't do many Klms driving round in little circles.
ACT no doubt.
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The last one would have to be from Tas, you don't do many Klms driving round in little circles.
May not have many K's but I'm tipping It has a few Hours on It..
From What I've seen they're never Turned off all shift.To keep either the heater or Aircon going the entire Shift..
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This museum would be appropriate, it has the last Falcon off the production line and some of the cars from the Ford Discovery Centre that is now closed.

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I observed a police pursuit on Reid Highway westbound today. One 1990's Toyota Previa / Tarago was being chased by 10 cop cars.
Mostly Commodores, Some Falcons, one Camry. About 2/3rd of them were marked.

The Tarago turned North at the intersection at Balcatta, then must have done a U-turn and came back again, and cut past more red lights onto the freeway south with all the cop cars behind it. Later we saw the helicopter closer to the city, probably near North Perth / Leederville.

I'm surprised the police vehicles simply didn't just bump into this car to take it out much sooner, but allows the rough driver to continue across red lights etc.

Maybe the officers enjoys having a pursuit now and then in their last Australian made vehicles, and didn't want it to end early ;)

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Old 27-12-2019, 08:36 AM   #12
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The PIT maneuver.....
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Old 27-12-2019, 01:24 PM   #13
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The last one would have to be from Tas, you don't do many Klms driving round in little circles.
.. Bugger all congestion as noted by travelers I often talk to and roads you hardly meet coming any traffic much . There are some advantages with less 550,000 people . I guess though that with noticeably less traffic numbers compared to most other places , the coppers couldn't justify long patrol periods either..You might be right .

There was this crowd from the U.K who do a motor cycle website and show and they came to film a segment a while back . This is a bit of that ..Cops get a mention .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfc2qtOzeb0...

Fun to watch ..
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It took a day before the chase that overtook me along Reid HWY came in the news:

https://www.9news.com.au/videos/nati...3q0gseur59fesm

Apparently towards the end of this 50 minute chase, 15 - 20 police cars participated. Still mostly Commodores, some Falcons, some new Commodores, some Camrys and a few Hilux.

Oh by the way, someone in the car behind me filmed the back of Wife's X1 that I was driving at the time (at 0:56 in the clip).

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There is a VF HWP car in the Coffs Harbour area still, but it would have to be up for replacement soon
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The last day be will probably be the commo in Sydney that does the special escorts of high ranking visitors. Last year when prince harry was out there was a ve2 doing it. Apparently they don’t do many km’s so stick around lingers. They are also in old hwp livery
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the Kiwis seem to keep their police cars a bit longer then us here,
Last year in November when I was over there, they were still using the ve commodores!
so if they have any of the last vf's in their fleet, they should still be using them for a while longer
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Even if it was say an unmarked Commodore ute or similar from Tassie Police?

And where would you reckon this museum should be?
And the problem with that would be???
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May not have many K's but I'm tipping It has a few Hours on It..
From What I've seen they're never Turned off all shift.To keep either the heater or Aircon going the entire Shift..
Probably to keep the battery charged due to all the equipment and computers it runs.
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Buying an ex constabulary conveyance I guess is a bit of a lottery...Then again i guess you could say the same with any pre owned steed ..

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I still see a few of them on the road. But they are now clearly in the minority.
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I still see a few of them on the road. But they are now clearly in the minority.
Followed one of the marked black Commodore station wagons down the freeway today.
Still around the N.East.
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Still plenty of Commodores around here. Though the Subaru's and VW's are starting to make more of an appearance.
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Question: Why are BT1 VK and VL's so sought after? VNs as well?
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Probably because the Holden guys reckon they're fully sick
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Must be the cop chip

Amazing some people still believe that myth.
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City of Wyndham still have a VE


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City of Wyndham still have a VE
I was more interested in that big diesel genset in the background.
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Not sure about putting them in a museum. Have you ever seen how the police treat them?

Scuff marks everyone inside and out, driver's seat all buggered up from rubbing their gear on them, drill holes in dash everywhere, junkies ****ing on the seats, all the mounted kerbs and flat throttle acceleration on a bone cold start .. 40,000km of police use is like 250,000km of regular private use

We might appreciate a beater falcon or commodore but for police it's a tool of trade , nothing more
That is the appeal of looking at one decades down the track.
Who would pass up a look at an old XD or HZ cop car in as in condition when decommissioned...

Syndrome that Commodore looks like a VF. Kiwi cops are still running VE dog Utes. Probably because there is no suitable replacement. I don't think I've seen what is to replace the Holden ute for dog work.
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That is the appeal of looking at one decades down the track.
Who would pass up a look at an old XD or HZ cop car in as in condition when decommissioned...

Syndrome that Commodore looks like a VF. Kiwi cops are still running VE dog Utes. Probably because there is no suitable replacement. I don't think I've seen what is to replace the Holden ute for dog work.
I know here in QLD they have started replacing some of the Commodore Dog utes with base model VW Amarok 4x4 Dual Cabs... Assume pov pack Amarok/Ranger/Etc will be the way they go??


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